12-15-2010, 11:15 PM
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The Reforms
Location: Rarely, if ever, here or there, but always in transition
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Winner of the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance (2010).
The 2nd Platoon is depicted defending an outpost named OP Restrepo,
for private first class Juan “Doc” S. Restrepo, a platoon medic who was
killed earlier in the campaign.
“I still obviously haven’t figured out how to deal with it inside.
The only hope I have right now is that, eventually, I’ll be able
to process it differently; I’m never gonna forget it. I’m never
gonna even let go of it. I don’t wanna not have that as a memory,
‘cos that was one of the moments that makes me appreciate
everything that I have ...”
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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world (that is the myth of the Atomic Age) as in being able to remake ourselves. —Mohandas K. Gandhi
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